Robert Pattinson finding action scenes 'significantly harder' at 40
Robert Pattinson is "feeling [his] age" shooting fighting scenes for The Batman sequel because they feel "significantly harder" than they used to.
Robert Pattinson is "feeling [his] age" shooting fighting scenes for The Batman sequel.
The 40-year-old actor first played the Caped Crusader and his alter ego Bruce Wayne in 2022's The Batman, and he's currently shooting the follow-up movie, which is due for release in 2028 but he has found it to be a "marathon" because action scenes take a toll on him in a way they never used to.
He told India's GQ magazine: "I’m in London here till the end of the year doing a Batman sequel.
"It’s good. I’m definitely feeling my age when fighting a lot. I’m literally like, 'Goddamn, this is significantly harder than it used to be.'
"But it’s really fun. And I think the movie’s going to be pretty great. It’s got a really, really fun cast, but it’s a marathon."
Robert has become a campaign ambassador for JLC and admitted wearing one of the brand's watches as Bruce Wayne helps him get into character.
He said: "I went back to London and ended up walking past the store and looking at all the other watches. Something clicked in my mind. I’m like, “They’re just so gorgeous.” And I ended up wearing one in [the next] Batman as well. This seems like quite a nice partnership to have, and it seems very suited to me as well. I like that style so much and the philosophy of the company.
"When I was just starting to look them up and trying to decide which model to have for it, I realised that Christian [Bale, previous Batman] had them as well. It is weird—as soon as you put the Reverso on, it definitely has a Bruce Wayne feel.
"There’s something that felt so incredibly correct for it, even the strap we chose. It’s the last thing I put on when you put the costume on, and there’s a guy who’s looking after the watch, and it all feels extremely Bruce Wayne-coded."
Once he's finished filming The Batman 2, the Mickey 17 star is ready for a holiday after a hugely busy year with the release of multiple projects, including The Drama, The Odyssey, Primetime, and Dune: Part Three.
He admitted: "Yeah, I’ve never done anything like this before. I’ve literally been going nonstop since after the actors’ and writers’ strikes. I was doing a movie with Adam McKay, which fell apart, and I ended up having a big period where I wasn’t working when I recalibrated what I wanted to do.
"Die My Love with [director] Lynne Ramsay, who I’ve always wanted to work with, came up. And it’s been a cascade of all these projects [since then].
"I just changed my mindset, going, 'I don’t care about doing big movies or leads. I’m just going to do stuff I find interesting.'
"And then somehow, I don’t understand how the scheduling actually even worked out, because I literally left Die My Love and flew to The Drama.
"I finished that and flew to Primetime basically the same day. I was kind of producing [Primetime] as well. We were prepping four films at the same time.
"But I think it’s worked out. At the end of this, I’m definitely taking a vacation."
